Part 2499

<blockquote>All the <b>country</b> in a general voice Cried hate upon him. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A jury, as representing the citizens of a country.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The inhabitants of the district from which a jury is drawn.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Mining.)</fld> <def>The rock through which a vein runs.</def>

<cs><col>Conclusion to the country</col>. <cd>See under <er>Conclusion</er>.</cd> -- <col>To put, &or; throw, one's self upon the country</col>, <cd>to appeal to one's constituents; to stand trial before a jury.</cd></cs>

<h1>Country</h1> <Xpage=333>

<hw>Coun"try</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Pertaining to the regions remote from a city; rural; rustic; <as>as, a <ex>country</ex> life; a <ex>country</ex> town; the <ex>country</ex> party, as opposed to city.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Destitute of refinement; rude; unpolished; rustic; not urbane; <as>as, <ex>country</ex> manners</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Pertaining, or peculiar, to one's own country.</def>

<blockquote>She, bowing herself towards him, laughing the cruel tyrant to scorn, spake in her <b>country</b> language. <i>2 Macc. vii. 27.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Country-base</h1> <Xpage=333>

<hw>Coun"try-base`</hw> <tt>(-b?s`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Prison base</er>.</def>

<h1>Country-dance</h1> <Xpage=333>

<hw>Coun"try-dance`</hw> <tt>(-d?ns`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. an adaptation of <ets>contradance</ets>.]</ety> <def>See <er>Contradance</er>.</def>

<blockquote>He had introduced the English <b>country-dance</b> to the knowledge of the Dutch ladies. <i>Macualay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Countryman</h1> <Xpage=333>

<hw>Coun"try*man</hw> <tt>(k?n"tr?-m<it>a</it>n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Countrymen</plw> <tt>(-m<i>e</i>n)</tt>.</plu> <p><b>1.</b> An inhabitant or native of a region.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One born in the same country with another; a compatriot; -- used with a possessive pronoun.</def>

<blockquote>In perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own <b>countrymen</b>. <i>2 Cor. xi. 26.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>One who dwells in the country, as distinguished from a townsman or an inhabitant of a city; a rustic; a husbandman or farmer.</def>

<blockquote>A simple <b>countryman</b> that brought her figs. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Country seat</h1> <Xpage=333>

<hw>Coun"try seat`</hw> <tt>(k?n"tr? s?t`)</tt>. <def> A dwelling in the country, used as a place of retirement from the city.</def>

<h1>Countryside</h1> <Xpage=333>

<hw>Coun"try*side`</hw> <tt>(-s?d`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A particular rural district; a country neighborhood.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<i>W. Black. Blackmore.</i>

<h1>Countrywoman</h1> <Xpage=333>

<hw>Coun"try*wom`an</hw> <tt>(-w??m`<it>a</it>n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Countrywomen</plw> <tt>(-w<?/m`<?/n)</tt>.</plu> <def>A woman born, or dwelling, in the country, as opposed to the city; a woman born or dwelling in the same country with another native or inhabitant.</def>